The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, indicate which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific hosting provider for your domain is the simplest way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records will be handled on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), etcetera, so if you need to change any of these records, you'll be able to do it via their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain address point out the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the domain name you are attempting to reach. That way the site that you're going to see will be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain has at least 2 NS records. There is no functional difference between the two prefixes, so which one a website hosting provider is going to use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Website Hosting

When you use a shared website hosting from our us and you add a new domain address in the account or transfer an existing one from a different provider, you'll be able to handle its NS records effortlessly through the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for several domain names simultaneously with several mouse clicks. This is done via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool which is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to manage your domain name even if it is the first one you have ever registered. It takes merely a click to see what name servers a domain uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to direct a domain to the hosting space on our end and with a few mouse clicks more you'll even be able to register private name servers for any of the domain names that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of every provider that you want the new NS records to point to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are handled using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with incredibly user-friendly interface, which will permit you to manage your domain addresses with ease even if you have not used a hosting account or a domain address previously. Changing the NS records for each and every domain registered through our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are accurate or not as to direct that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also very simple and requires just a few mouse clicks. You'll also be able to register child name servers under each and every one of your domain names as an element of the free DNS control services which we provide with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for any domain address you accommodate inside the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their websites, employing this feature is going to give you a lot more credibility as a business.